Global Patent Index - EP 3161153 A1

EP 3161153 A1 20170503 - METHOD AND REAGENTS FOR DETECTING WATER CONTAMINATION

Title (en)

METHOD AND REAGENTS FOR DETECTING WATER CONTAMINATION

Title (de)

VERFAHREN UND REAGENZIEN ZUM NACHWEIS VON WASSERVERUNREINIGUNG

Title (fr)

PROCÉDÉ ET RÉACTIFS PERMETTANT DE DÉTECTER LA CONTAMINATION DE L'EAU

Publication

EP 3161153 A1 20170503 (EN)

Application

EP 15736104 A 20150624

Priority

  • US 201462018834 P 20140630
  • US 2015037329 W 20150624

Abstract (en)

[origin: WO2016028384A1] A method of examining a water supply for microbial contamination involves contacting a water supply with a novel reagent having high specificity for a Legionella microbial species, wherein said reagent does not cross-react, or minimally cross-reacts, with a microbial species other than Legionella. The method further involves detecting, or measuring, a contaminating concentration of a Legionella species in the water supply. Useful reagents comprise at least one nucleotide sequence primer comprising a primer sequence selected from SEQ ID NO: 3-10 or a combination of such primer sequences. The increased specificity of such reagents permits more sensitive detection of microbial contamination.

IPC 8 full level

C12Q 1/68 (2006.01)

CPC (source: CN EP US)

C12Q 1/6848 (2013.01 - US); C12Q 1/6851 (2013.01 - CN EP US); C12Q 1/689 (2013.01 - CN EP US); C12Q 2600/158 (2013.01 - US); Y02A 50/30 (2017.12 - EP US)

Citation (search report)

See references of WO 2016028384A1

Designated contracting state (EPC)

AL AT BE BG CH CY CZ DE DK EE ES FI FR GB GR HR HU IE IS IT LI LT LU LV MC MK MT NL NO PL PT RO RS SE SI SK SM TR

Designated extension state (EPC)

BA ME

DOCDB simple family (publication)

WO 2016028384 A1 20160225; CN 106536755 A 20170322; EP 3161153 A1 20170503; EP 3161153 B1 20190821; JP 2017521066 A 20170803; US 10392671 B2 20190827; US 2017283861 A1 20171005

DOCDB simple family (application)

US 2015037329 W 20150624; CN 201580033409 A 20150624; EP 15736104 A 20150624; JP 2016575516 A 20150624; US 201515320978 A 20150624